Apple files patent for iPhone friendly optical stylus
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1. tedkord posted on 24 May 2012, 08:22 12 2
"It's like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it. " - Steve Jobs
3. JeffdaBeat posted on 24 May 2012, 08:24 5 5
Steve Jobs is dead.
Tim Cook is the new CEO.
If Apple consumers are asking for something, allow Apple to come to those demands. Jobs was a great man, but the antenna gate showed that he may not have always had his ears open...something that bothered me a bit. If this is what consumers want, I'm glad Apple is answering...
8. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 24 May 2012, 08:31 6 0
I was just asking myself the same question about Elvis...
12. GuiltyBystander posted on 24 May 2012, 08:36 4 2
Elvis might be dead, but his voice will live forever ;)
32. jmoita2 posted on 24 May 2012, 10:34 1 3
Hey, I just saw on the National Enquirer the Steve Jobs was spotted at a 711 in the South somewhere...lol
6. KingShango posted on 24 May 2012, 08:30 5 2
Agreed. Jobs was innovative certainly had a vision but that doesn't mean he was always right. The popularity of Android shows that there's more than one way to do things.
10. tedkord posted on 24 May 2012, 08:34 3 2
iXactly.
13. tedkord posted on 24 May 2012, 08:38 3 3
I'm just saying...if Apple had come up with this "intelligent stylus" three years ago, we'd hear nothing but yells of, "Samsung copies!!!!" when the Galaxy Note came out.
But, with the situation reversed, what iFan do you suppose will come to this story and admit Apple is now copying Samsung? (I think some might, but not most)
18. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 24 May 2012, 09:01 0 2
Already happening even without the situation being reversed. Case-in-point: comment #16... and so it begins!
69. taco50 (banned) posted on 24 May 2012, 16:03 1 6
Umm Samsung doesn't have an intelligent stylus so you have no point
70. remixfa posted on 24 May 2012, 16:15 4 3
apple doesnt have intelligent trolls, so you have no point.
78. gallitoking posted on 24 May 2012, 17:27 1 6
right because Apple doesnt call them trolls..
91. remixfa posted on 25 May 2012, 07:54 2 0
do you prefer, sheep, troll, or moron?
72. tedkord posted on 24 May 2012, 16:17 1 0
No, no. Of course not. Not inside the RDF. What color is the sky in there, where Apple just came up with this idea of a stylus that does more than just replace a fingertap on the screen out of thin air?
90. Fallout09 posted on 25 May 2012, 07:53 2 0
No, but HTC did. Once again.... Apple never copies anything.
5. PackMan posted on 24 May 2012, 08:30 2 1
Optical Stylus my a**. How is this different from light pen?
7. superguy posted on 24 May 2012, 08:30 4 2
Waiting for Samsung to file a law suit in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
88. tedkord posted on 24 May 2012, 21:15 3 0
Apple didn't invent rectangles, grids of icons, touchscreens, multi-touch, popup menus to choose default actions when clicking a link, or smartphones in general, but that doesn't stop them suing.
9. mercorp posted on 24 May 2012, 08:32 0 2
Samsung will soon file a lawsuit.
Will the iphone 5 come with a 5.5 inch screen?Hope so.
51. good2great posted on 24 May 2012, 12:14 0 0
i would laugh myself to death if they create an iNote device...hahaha
good one!
+1
14. 9_HeLLs_oF_DrOid posted on 24 May 2012, 08:39 2 3
Lol...Apple is one hell of a company. XD
15. remixfa posted on 24 May 2012, 08:40 5 2
waiting for taco to come out and start yelling that samsung copied apple's "obvious" stylus design and should be sued!
16. QinEmpire posted on 24 May 2012, 08:41 0 6
Good job for Apple patenting it or else Samsung/Google will once again rip it shameless and claim credits.
17. hepresearch (unregistered) posted on 24 May 2012, 09:00 2 2
We've already got one!
(I told them 'we've already got one'... chuckle chuckle...)
=8-P
97. parkwaydr posted on 25 May 2012, 10:29 0 0
Galaxy note has one already, its been out for quite awhile. And is very popular.
So who's shamelessly copying now?
19. bragzter posted on 24 May 2012, 09:10 5 3
LOL. Apple is a joke. You hated it back in 2007, but now that Samsung made it beautiful again (NB. again, because the stylus was around before 2007 on Nokias and Windows Mobile devices). Now they want to patent it, just like the way the patented the rectangle and called it a tablet. Lol.
20. andro. posted on 24 May 2012, 09:19 2 3
Hmm Apple the way again with innovations like the s pen.....oh wait....! With iphone 5 changes in renders increasing making the iphone looks extremely similar to android phones,ios beginning to use android features like drop down notifications and widgets and apple now trying their own galaxy note then ifans claims of everyone copying apple has become even funnier
21. Sniggly posted on 24 May 2012, 09:20 4 3
So after seeing how well aftermarket styluses sell for iPhones and iPads, and after seeing the success of the Galaxy Note, Apple starts working on a stylus.
Nice "innovative" move there, Apple. Will it be called the iTouch stylus perhaps? Then what will ignorant customers call the iPod Touch?
Now don't get me wrong, if Apple makes an official stylus for their phones it'll be nice. I'm just bracing for both Apple and their braying jackasses of followers to claim Apple did it first, made it popular or some other bulls**t.
38. gallitoking posted on 24 May 2012, 11:20 1 8
thats whats is wrong with you Sniggly.. you assume things... unless you hear from an apple consumer about the stylus pen. just limtit your comments to the article and dont provoke. cuz... we could eliminate all tablets... like we done so far
39. frydaexiii posted on 24 May 2012, 11:23 4 1
Yes, with your oversized iPod that can't do anything practical, whooooo scary *wriggles arms*
41. Sniggly posted on 24 May 2012, 11:29 3 1
Okay, despite the fact that your English is more broken than usual today, I think I understand the part about "eliminating" tablets, which I take to mean that you think the iPad dominates the tablet market.
Unfortunately for you, Android has been chipping away at tablet market share, to the point where Apple has gone from controlling 90 percent of the market to like 65 percent. That's almost a third of its market share gone in two years. Yep, that's a true example of "eliminating" the competition.
47. remixfa posted on 24 May 2012, 11:54 1 1
and thats only because of a spike in the last 2 months. they were at just over 50% coming out of Q1 and projected by many to be over taken by May had the sales trend continued. Luckily for our trolls, apple had a sales surge.
50. gallitoking posted on 24 May 2012, 12:09 2 4
the only reason is tha Android is gaining tablet market share is because they release $199 tablets that are worht just that... they dont sell expensive tablets... or better yet anything bigger that 7 inches... pray that Apple doesnt relesase a 6.9999 tablet because those cheap 7 inchers will collect dust along those 10.1 ..
54. tedkord posted on 24 May 2012, 12:29 2 1
Why does that sound familiar? Oh, that's right, it's what the Apple faithful were saying 4 years ago about smartphones. How's that working out for ya?
57. gallitoking posted on 24 May 2012, 12:33 1 3
by changing the subject means that you didnt had a intelligent comeback right?..
94. elandrumiii posted on 25 May 2012, 08:58 0 0
Hows that working 3 tablets made and just the #gs, 4, 4S against an army of andriod phones mads at multitude of prices and I would say Apple is doing really good even though it is a lock down device. And yes wether its 50% or 80% they still own the tablet market with a one size one type of tablet. So we can all hate and call then evil it doesnt change the facts. And if Samsung or HTC or whoever didnt patent their desgn of a stylus and Apple gets there first that is called busines just like Goog buying Moto for the patents and we all know thats the reason. So come on with the childish mean and ignorant comments.
71. remixfa posted on 24 May 2012, 16:16 2 1
better to sell tablets at 199 that are "worth that", then at 599 with the same components as the 199 tablets. that would make it "not worth it".
woops.
75. gallitoking posted on 24 May 2012, 16:36 1 3
well good luck with your 199 tablet.. while I enjoy my 599 tablet... and we will see who will shop for another tablet in the future...
woops.... keep that radio shack tablet catalog handy...
89. PapaSmurf posted on 25 May 2012, 06:07 3 0
I'm sure you will because you're going to be waiting in line for two days for "The Newer iPad" next year so your comment is invalid.
92. remixfa posted on 25 May 2012, 07:56 1 1
lol, I'll take that bet gallito. :) Hmm.. ill take one of those handy dandy Tegra 3 tablets that are coming out around the 200 mark.
Just because its priced lower doesnt mean its made of cheaper components, it just means your paying less for it.
I dont know why you itroll tards think that if you pay more for it, it must be better. that just means your paying more for it and nothing else.. lol
100. InspectorGadget80 posted on 25 May 2012, 17:10 0 0
and u keep assuming things that Android have copy Apple with the STYLIST
22. theoak posted on 24 May 2012, 09:28 1 3
I would love the ability to "write" notes versus trying to type.
I would be game for a stylus that would let me rest my hand on the screen, and use the pen at the same time.
24. Sniggly posted on 24 May 2012, 09:35 2 2
You can already do the first on the Galaxy Note phone, and I'm sure you'll have that on the Note 10.1 when it comes out.
26. protozeloz posted on 24 May 2012, 09:55 3 0
its already working on the galaxy note and the Galaxy note tab... if I'm not mistaken even on the HTC flyer and both are pressure sensitive (like when you draw if you press harder ink comes darker and stuff ) THE NEXT BIG THING is already here. you should read reviews more often
31. remixfa posted on 24 May 2012, 10:31 2 1
yea, that existed in windows 5.xx and palm way back in the old days.
its like fashion. whats old is new again.
34. theoak posted on 24 May 2012, 11:02 1 1
Right, so the article is about a stylus on an Apple device.
I get other devices can.
I am not sure if an Apple device can and it would be nice if it could without the device interpreting the hand touch (versus the pen) touch as input. That is all I was saying.
Perhaps that is where the pen feedback would come from. This way the pen and iDevice would "know" when the pen was no longer in use and when to interpret touches from other areas as input again.
36. Sniggly posted on 24 May 2012, 11:19 2 0
Okay, so basically, even though your original comment made no indication that you were hoping for an iDevice to do what you were describing, you are annoyed with us for pointing out that what you were asking for at least partially exists already with Apple's competitors?
46. protozeloz posted on 24 May 2012, 11:49 1 0
it already works like that.... again check the galaxy note
25. tluv00 posted on 24 May 2012, 09:40 1 2
Innovation - The process of seeing the competition's ideas and either purchasing them, copying and changing it around or just filing and paying off the patent office so you can sue in the future because in reality you really aren't that innovative at all.
27. protozeloz posted on 24 May 2012, 10:00 2 1
oh wait.... so stylus is not dead? after that kick starter and all the stylus devices and the claims it was dead now its something viable
I win again
29. InspectorGadget80 posted on 24 May 2012, 10:27 3 2
Looks like Apple is going to do another law suit. Samsung already have the S STYLIST pen for the NOTE. And going to use it on their other Galaxy DEVICE. This is just useless. PATENT for a STYLIST? You can use that already
37. frydaexiii posted on 24 May 2012, 11:20 4 1
Anyone else notice a trend here?
When Samsung or Google wants to "steal" Apple's tech, they just go all out and make it. (S Voice and according to taco, the whole Android interface.)
But when Apple wants to steal, they patent the idea without any prototype whatsoever (Stylus, Face Unlock)? Except maybe for the notification bar, since they didn't bother to even change any part of it.
Anyway, this idea is retarded. If it's an optical stylus like a mouse, then it would require a power source, where the hell do they find batteries so small? Wait for one of the competitors to create it and then steal it? Or will there be a tiny wire stuck to the stylus?
So the iFans who have been saying Android has been piggybacking off iOS's success, then WTF is this? Say a stylus is wrong ad when it sells you patent one with a practically impossible method? Total bull...
